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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1857
Page
2
The Mail apologizes for the missing editorial content this week due to the editor's absence and the Devil occupying the chair. The Crawford Journal is asked to accept similar apologies for assorted scissorings from that paper.
A political appeal urges Republican voters in the county to organize quickly and mobilize active effort to safeguard their ascendency and defeat the Democratic state ticket. It warns of national implications and taxes and calls for immediate, zealous campaigning to support their candidates.
The article recounts the sale of the Main Line of the Canal, the legal battle led by Henry 8. Mott, and a Supreme Court ruling upholding the Legislature and Governor. It accuses the Auditor General and State Treasurer of paying $3000 to counsel from public funds, naming William Meredith, Charles Buckalaw, W. L. Hirst, and James H. Walton, and calls for electing an honest leader like David Wilmot to safeguard funds and await a direct popular vote to remove corrupt officials.
A nice embroidered handkerchief was lost on Wednesday the 26th between Chapin Hall and the Hackney House. The finder can confer a great favor by leaving it at this location.
The Jamestown Democrat states the Erie and N Y City Road contract is completed. American contractors A C Morton and Henry Doolittle, with agent R T Bailey, agree to build 38 miles from Little Valley at 33000 per mile plus 2 miles of switches. Total costs and bonds outlined. project to begin fall and proceed toward completion, with charges, mortgages, and rights of way detailed.
Capt Dowdy has sent up balloons nearly every evening this week and once launched the same balloon twice before it burned up. On Wednesday, in front of our Office, the Captain and his confederates the Smalls demonstrated inflating the balloon, eliciting hearty laughter and a cheerful hurrah and recalling playful boyish sports.
Buffalo Courier reports the Atlantic Telegraph line was broken and the laying vessels have returned. No further attempts to lay the wire are expected until the next season.
The next term of the Union School starts on Monday. All who wish to attend should be present that day. Non-residents tuition is set at 1 per month.
The State of California shipped at least 7000 men to Nicaragua under General Walker over two years, with 1500 received from California. Bostwick, former Secretary of State to Walker, claims documentary evidence shows at least 5700 fatally sentinels lie buried in Nicaragua, per the National Intelligencer.
A Mexican observer warns that Cuba would be Spain’s weak point in hostilities and that Mexico, lacking a navy, would issue letters of marque. Such sails could fall to enterprising Americans, enabling a large expedition under the Mexican flag but run by North American privateers.
A Cincinnati shoemaker turned lawyer Nicholas Longworth, practicing 1804 to 1820, once accepted two secondhand copper stills as legal fees for defending a horse thief. The donor offered a 33 acre Western Row lot in exchange, a gamble Longworth embraced, which helped grow a vast fortune as the bare land later valued well over two million dollars.
The Indianapolis Journal warns Gosport Indiana residents against a new shinplaster bank called Citizens Bank. It notes the bank is unknown to the State auditor and that bill-holders have no protection for note redemption.
The Anglo-Saxon steamship arrived at Quebec on Sunday morning after leaving Liverpool on the 12th inst. She faced thick weather and head winds throughout the voyage. Telegraph cable work near Valentia Ireland progressed with about 300 miles laid, and Niagara steamer signals reported clear and steady progress. Parliament debated India affairs as Palmerston cited 30,000 troops and active recruiting. Other items include a slaver seizure in the Benin region, Cuban plots on filibusters, and various regional notices from newspapers.
Carpenter of the Madison Wisconsin Patriot ridicules his party leaders in sweeping, scornful terms. He describes the Democrats as cut by edged tools, sleeping with scandalous figures, and plagued by corruption and weakness, likening them to a dead, skinless phantom.
The Berks County Press attacks Gen. Packer as a Shamocracy gubernatorial candidate, tracing his rise from youth to Canal Commissioner and Auditor General. It accuses him of pocketing public funds through contracts, favoritism to relatives, and auditing advantages with state oversight, opposing Porter’s administration.
Kansas Free State leaders announce general resolve to vote in October under Walker’s pledge that Territory residents may vote without regard to Bogus Territorial Laws. Gen Lane is tasked with organizing Free State men, policing polls, and stopping illegal voting across the Territory.
Dispatches from Bastia Corsica dated July 13 report excellent harvest conditions with some areas already reaped while others near maturity. Grain yields are described as superabundant and quality overall good, signaling strong agricultural output this season.
Col. Roberts reports a fight between Apache bands and U.S. troops under Col. Miles on Gila River. Twenty five Indians killed and over thirty wounded. Lieutenants Stein and Davis and nine privates wounded. Miles recovered property stolen from settlers. Aug 21 1857 dispatch notes regiments and desertion issues at Fort Kearney.
Chicago, Friday, Aug. 21. J. C. Brayman, editor of the Democrat, was arrested this morning for robbing the Post Office drawer of money letters. The papers were found in his possession. He waived a preliminary examination and was held to bail in 9,000 dollars to await trial.
A hurricane passed over Woodland Wisconsin last evening destroying every house. Station Agent Mr Fox was killed while trying to stop a freight train set in motion by the wind. Telegraph lines were prostrated and the railroad track damaged.
A witty quip compares a butcher who kills to dress game with a gay young lady who dresses to kill, reflecting sharp wordplay on appearance and violence.
A toast raised by the Hyena club in Lynchburg Virginia on Independence Day 4 July honored “Troops and the Equator” and “Crino line and the Equinoctial line” praising the one that encircles the earth and the other the heavens.
Three enslaved individuals in Arkansas near Van Buren reportedly hanged themselves in an orchard on the 20th instant. The act, likely a response to threatened severe punishment for a minor offense, involved youths aged about fifteen to nineteen. Names and additional details are not provided.
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